Jason Carreira wrote:
If you looked at the Struts Ti proposal, you'd see
that the goal was to start
developing advanced features to dramatically simplify
development. The whole
reason we looked at WebWork in the first place is we
wanted a solid foundation
so that we could focus on features.
With the merger comes an opportunity for the WebWork
developers primarily to
clean up the API and rethink a few things. However,
the API discussions we've
had so far make it clear these are API cleanups, not
fancy new features.
I must disagree. Bob and Patrick's first cut at the API is a NEW API, not a
cleanup. It's very different from an end-user perspective, even if we could
implement it with what we've got.
Please don't judge until we are done. We need to first agree on our
design goals, then we can pick through implementations. The proposal is
about agreeing to the laid out design goals, but it is too early to say
that we are or aren't meeting them. First cuts are never put into
production as is, and this API is no different. Besides, even if we did
finally go with something more sweeping, to make it acceptable under the
original agreed upon proposal, we'd have to ensure existing apps would
be able to migrate in hours so you can be sure the end user will have a
smooth migration. Otherwise, we'd have to move the API to a new version.
What we need here is cooperation and a willingness to compromise and
follow a common path that may not be exactly what everyone wants, but it
is what the community agreed is best for the project and its users. My
guess is you will always think a new API goes too far, Bob will think it
doesn't go far enough, and the rest of the developers will lie along
that spectrum. We could either fight every step of the way to force our
point of view, or we could work together to find a common vision. I
think we owe it to our users to do the latter.
Don
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